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The Galter Life Center is a health club located in Chicago and operated by Swedish Covenant Hospital.

Galter LifeCenter is a 69,000 square foot medical fitness center affiliated with Swedish Covenant Hospital and the Evangelical Covenant Church.

Visit our affiliate organizations:

American College of Sports Medicine www.acsm.org

Covenant Retirement Communities www.covenantretirement.com

Medical Fitness Association www.medicalfitness.org

North Park University www.northpark.edu

Swedish Covenant Hospital www.SwedishCovenant.org

The Evangelical Covenant Church www.covchurch.org/cov

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The Life Center provides all of the following services:

  • Personal Training
  • Nutrition
  • Massage
  • Arthritis
  • Pilates
  • Yoga
  • Acupuncture
  • Reflexology
  • Watsu Therapy
  • Aquatics
  • Pre/Post Natal
  • Youth/Teen Health

Our mission is to improve the quality of life for individuals, families, and the community through positive lifestyle, good nutrition, and proper exercise.


Food
A strong history of robust immigrant growth leading to diverse neighborhoods Chicago has developed a unique and world reknown reputation for food.

Chicago's signature foods reflect the city's ethnic and working-class roots. Chicago deep-dish pizza was popularized by Pizzeria Uno. It is generally accepted that it was also invented at Uno in 1943.[citation needed] One of the creators of this new style of pizza was Rudy Malnati. Rudy's grandson, Lou, would go on to found Lou Malnati's which is another very popular purveyor of deep dish pizza. The first Lou Malnati's Pizzeria opened on March 17, 1971. Chicago deep-dish pizza is world renowned and popular locally, although thin-crust and other styles of pizza are also popular throughout the city.[citation needed] In particular, Chicago pizzerias also serve stuffed pizza (a close relative of deep dish), popularized by such places as Giordano's, and a style of thin crust that is crispy, rather than floppy in the style of New York and other East Coast cities.

A traditional Chicago hot dog is typically loaded with mustard, chopped onion, sliced tomato, pickle relish, celery salt, sport peppers and a dill pickle spear. It is somewhat taboo to put ketchup on a Chicago hot dog; there are actually some small hot dog shops and stands that will refuse to provide service if the customer makes the request. A Chicago hot dog is almost always made out of Vienna Beef, the largest provider of hot dog meat for Chicago. Chicago is also known for Italian Beef sandwiches and the Maxwell Street Polish (always served topped with grilled onions and mustard).

In the June 2006 issue of GQ magazine, Chicago was hailed as the best restaurant city in America.

Chicago has several signature foods which reflect the city's ethnic and working-class roots. These include the deep-dish pizza and the Chicago hot dog, which is almost always made of Vienna Beef and loaded with mustard, chopped onion, sliced tomato, pickle relish, celery salt, sport peppers, and a dill pickle spear. However, putting ketchup on a Chicago hot dog is often taken as an insult. Chicago is also known for Italian Beef sandwiches and the Maxwell Street Polish (always served topped with grilled onions and mustard). The city has many upscale dining establishments as well as many ethnic restaurant districts. These include "Greektown" on South Halsted, "Little Italy" on Taylor Street, just west of Halsted, "Chinatown" on the near the South Side, and South Asian on Devon Avenue.

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[edit] Restaurants

Fine food has come along way since the early pioneer days in Chicago where a top meal might have been ???. Nowadays famous chefs and restaurants are making national headlines. Chicago also has a long list of world-renowned upscale dining establishments serving a wide array of cuisine from some of the most well-known chefs in the United States. Some notable destinations include Frontera Grill, a gourmet Mexican restaurant owned by Food Network star Rick Bayless, and Everest, a nouveau-French restaurant on the top floor of the Chicago Stock Exchange. Chicago also features strips of ethnic restaurant districts, including "Greektown" on South Halsted, "Little Italy" on Taylor Street, just west of Halsted, "Chinatown" on the near south side, and Indo-Pak on Devon Avenue.

Coffeehouses, a europeon staple, made their way to Chicago with the mass amounts of immigration in the early days of the city. The coffeehouses were more than just a place to get a good cup of joe but they served as meeting places and community center for the ethnic populations that populated the neighborhoods. That role of a community meeting center is being reborn as over the past two decades there has been a resurgence of coffeehouses throughout the city. Most neighborhoods boast several popular locations that serve the locals and there are several, such as the Kopi Cafe and Intelligentsia, that are known city wide.

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[edit] Grocers

[edit] Ethnic

Rogers Park Fruit Market

[edit] Bosnian

BM Bakery

[edit] Cuban

La Unica

[edit] French

Bale French Bakery

[edit] German

  • Delicatessen Meyer

[edit] Mexican

Supermercado Morelia

[edit] Middle Eastern

Middle East Bakery & Grocery

[edit] Thai

Thai Grocery

[edit] Cooperative Grocers

[edit] Meat Markets

[edit] Retail & Warehouse

The businesses listed below don't focus on food as their primary business.

[edit] Specialty & Gourmet

  • Bouffe
  • EatZi's
  • Fox & Obel
  • Potash Brothers
  • The Chopping Block
  • The Spice House
  • Treasure Island

[edit] Cheese

  • The Cheese Stands Alone
  • Chalet Wine & Cheese Shop
  • Pastoral

[edit] Supermarkets

There are a number of different supermarket chains throughout the Chicago area including:

[edit] Wine & Spirits

  • Binny’s
  • Fine Wine Brokers
  • Sam’s Wine & Spirits

[edit] Farmer Markets

Chicago's Green City Market
Chicago's Green City Market

Over the years Chicagoans have shown a greater desire for locally grown, seasonal food and as a result the popularity of open air food shopping has grown substantially. Today the city hosts over 30 Farmer Markets across many different neighborhoods with farmers from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin participating. Shopping at a farmers market can be a family affair for shoppers and farmers alike. It's not uncommon to see an entire family of farmers which children and adults alike helping customers, especially in the busy summer months when children are out of school.

[edit] Locations

Most, but not all, of the markets are sponsored by the city and occur on one day of the week with the exception of a few of the more popular markets such as the Green City Market. Each market is open from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., unless otherwise indicated. Over time the locations and days of some markets has shifted as the city is constantly working to provide balanced coverage to different neighborhoods throughout the week. The only days there are no markets open are Monday and Friday. While most markets begin on the first week of the month listed be sure to check your local market before visiting because a few begin in the second week of the month.

Tuesday

Lincoln Square
When: 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. - June through October
Where: City parking lot at Lincoln, Leland and Western next to the Western Brown Line stop.

Prudential Plaza
When: 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. - June through October
Where: Lake Street and Beaubien Court

Museum of Contemporary Art/Streeterville
When: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. - June through October
Where: 220 East Chicago Avenue

Federal Plaza
When: 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. - May through October
Where: Adams and Dearborn Street
Wednesday

Green City Market
When: 7:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. - June through October (Winter market 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. through December)
Where: South end of Lincoln Park at LaSalle Street in Lincoln Park along path between 1750 North Clark and Stockton Drive.

Lawndale
When: 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. - June through October
Where: Parking lot of Community Bank of Lawndale at Grenshaw St. and Homan Ave.

Gately/Pullman
When: 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. - June through October
Where: Arcade Park, 111th street and Cottage Grove.

Seaway
When: 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. - June through September
Where: Seaway National Bank parking lot, 87th St. and Langley Ave.

South Shore
When: 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. - June through October
Where: South Shore Bank parking lot, 70th and Jeffery.
Thursday

Hyde Park Market
When: 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. - June through October
Where: Cul-de-sac at 52nd Place and Harper Court

Sears Tower
When: 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. - June through October
Where: At the park between the 311 South Wacker building and Sears Tower.

Daley Plaza
When: 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. - June through September
Where: Washington and Dearborn at Daley Plaza

Dunning/Eli's/Wright College
When: 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. - June through October
Where: 6701 W. Forest Preserve Drive at Montrose in the parking lot of Eli's Cheesecake World

The Park at Jackson & Wacker
 When: 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. - June through October
Where: 311 South Wacker Drive
Saturday

GREEN CITY MARKET Location: South end of Lincoln Park at La Salle Street in Lincoln Park along path between 1750 N. Clark and Stockton Drive Time: 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays through Oct. 29, rain or shine

Bronzeville. 30th and King Drive. Saturdays, June 18-Oct. 22.

Edgewater. Broadway Armory parking lot, Broadway and Thorndale. Saturdays, June 18-Oct. 22.

Lakeview. Nettlehorst School, Broadway and Melrose. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays through Oct. 29. For information, call (630) 784-0862.

Lincoln Park. Parking lot of Lincoln Park High School, Armitage and Orchard. Saturdays through Oct. 29.

Morgan Park. Parking lot of Shiloah M.B. Church, 92nd and Ashland. Saturdays, June 18-Oct. 22.

Near North Side. On Division between State and Clark. Saturdays, June 18-Oct. 22.

North Center. North Center Town Square, at Lincoln, Damen and Belle Plaine. Saturdays, June 18-Oct. 22.

North Halsted. Parking lot of Faith Tabernacle Church, Halsted, Broadway and Grace. Saturdays, June 18-Oct. 22.

Printers Row, Dearborn and Polk. Saturdays, June 18-Oct. 22.

Austin: Parking lot of Emmet Math, Science and Technology Academy at Madison St. and Central Ave. July 8-Oct. 21.

Bronzeville: Dunbar Vocational Career Academy parking lot, 30th St. and King Dr., June 3-Oct. 21.

Edgewater: Parking lot of Broadway Armory at Broadway and Thorndale Ave. June 17-Oct. 21.

Chicago's Green City Market: See listing under Wednesday markets.

East Garfield Park: See listing under Sunday markets.

HomeGrown Chicago: 2626 W. Division St. Noon-3 p.m. July 8-Nov. 4.

Lincoln Park: Parking lot of Lincoln Park High School at Armitage and Orchard Ave. May 20-Oct. 28.

Morgan Park: Parking lot at Shiloah M.B. Church at 92nd St. and Ashland Ave. June 3-Oct. 28.

Near North: Division St. between State and Clark St. June 3-Oct. 28.

North Center: North Center Town Square at Belle Plaine, Damen and Lincoln Ave. June 3-Oct. 21.

North Halsted: Parking lot of Faith Tabernacle Church at Broadway, Grace and Halsted St. June 3-Oct. 21.

Printers Row: Parking lot at Polk and Dearborn St. June 17-Oct. 21.

South Chicago: In Chief Nomo's Oasis, 83rd St. and Marquette. July 8-Oct. 28.
Sunday

Beverly. City parking lot, southeast corner of 95th and Longwood. Sundays through Oct. 23.

West Lawn. Parking lot at Republic Bank, 65th and Pulaski. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sundays, June 19-Oct. 23.

Wicker Park. Wicker Park, Wicker Park and Damen. Sundays, June 19-Oct. 23.

Roscoe Village. Friedrich Ludwig Jahn play lot, Belmont and Wolcott. Sundays, June 19-Oct. 23.

Ashburn: Parking lot, 87th St. and Kedzie Ave. June 18-Oct. 22.

Beverly: City parking lot on the southeast corner of 95th St. and Longwood Dr. June 4-Oct. 22.

East Garfield Park: 300 N. Central Park Ave., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. June 3-Oct. 28.

Lake Shore East: 220 N. Park Dr. (or 220 N. Columbus Dr. then take elevator to lower level). July 16-Oct. 22.

Logan Square: Logan Blvd. and Milwaukee Ave. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. June 4-Oct. 29.

Wicker Park/Bucktown: Wicker Park and Damen Ave. June 4-Oct. 22.

[edit] What’s Available?

For many people the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of a farmers market is fruits and vegetables but the variety is actually much greater than that. At most markets you can also expect to find flowers, baked goods and even specialty meats like piedmontese beef. Many of the markets also appeal to those concerned about sustainable farming with a focus on certified organic produce and free-range meats. While each market is different you can expect to find some of the following fruits and vegetables during the months listed.

May June July

Asparagus - Cabbage - Cherries - Greens - Leeks - Lettuce - Onions - Peas - Radishes - Rhubarb - Spinach - Sprouts - Squash

Apples - Asparagus - Beans - Berries - Cabbage - Carrots - Cherries - Eggplant - Garlic - Horseradish - Leeks - Lettuce - Melons - Nectarines - Okra - Squash

Apples - Artichokes - Beans - Bell peppers - Berries - Cabbage - Carrots - Cherries - Corn - Eggplant - Garlic - Grapes - Horseradish - Leeks - Melons - Nectarines - Okra - Onions - Peaches - Pears - Peas - Plums - Potatoes - Radishes - Rhubarb - Squash - Tomatoes - Turnips
August September October

Apples - Artichokes - Beans - Bell peppers - Berries - Carrots - Cauliflower - Corn - Cucumbers - Eggplant - Garlic - Grapes - Herbs - Horseradish - Leeks - Lettuce - Melons - Nectarines - Okra - Onions - Peaches - Pears - Peas - Plums - Potatoes - Pumpkins - Radishes - Rhubarb - Squash - Sweet potatoes - Tomatoes - Turnips

Apples - Bell peppers - Berries - Cabbage - Carrots - Cauliflower - Corn – Cucumbers - Eggplant - Garlic - Grapes - Greens - Herbs - Horseradish - Lettuce - Melons - Nectarines - Okra - Onions - Peaches - Pears - Peas - Plums - Potatoes - Pumpkins - Radishes - Rhubarb - Spinach - Squash - Sweet potatoes - Tomatoes - Turnips

Apples - Bell peppers - Cabbage - Cauliflower - Corn - Cucumbers - Eggplant - Garlic - Grapes - Greens - Herbs - Horseradish - Lettuce - Melons - Okra - Onions - Pears - Peas - Plums - Potatoes - Pumpkins - Radishes - Rhubarb - Spinach - Squash - Sweet potatoes - Tomatoes - Turnips

[edit] Food Manufacturers

[[Image:Morton_Umbrella_Girl.gif|right|thumb|200px|Morton Salt Logo]] Chances are, whether you've live in Chicago or not you've eaten food that in some way has a tie to the city. Since the 1840's the city has played a roll in national and international food production with companies such as Swift & Armour sparking the international meat packing revolution. Today many well known packaged foods such as...

If you've eaten a Boca Burger, drank Maxwell House coffee or used morton Salt you've eaten a food with ties to Chicago. That's because these and hundreds of other well known food products have originated or are produced here. Beginning with Chicago's earlier boom in the 1840's and the subsequent railroad boom the city soon became an ideal center for the distrbution of goods out West and back East. Naturally many food manufacturers and distributors followed.

[edit] Misc

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